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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22

Yellowstone Kit the negro mounte-
bank who has startled several southern
cities by appearing in the role Of the Mes
siah and doing works meet for such pre-
tension, is the sensation Of the day at Jack
sonville, Fla. The colored populace Of the
city and suburbs, even for miles into the
country, seem to be possessed with feelings
of frenzy over a man who has the reputa
ton Of restoring sight to the blind, making
the lame to walk and curing by the laying
on of hands So far has this man worked
upon these people that he lectures them on
their moral duties, voting, social conditions,
rights and religious beliefs. He harangues
violently, with a peculiar flow of words
dresses gorgeously and gives away barrels
of bread, crackers, meat and dresses to
colored women and colored servants in no
tells and families The latter leave their
work undone to such an extent, while they
hover about the speaking stand that com
plants come in numerously to the city au
thOrities on the matter. Sunday night
over 1000 whites and blacks, many respecta-
bic citizens among the former. were gath
cred about his stand when some one threw
a stone, aimed at Exit, but which, strik-
ing an electric light, demolished the globe
In an instant wild uproar followed, peo
pie crowded about the stand, thinking an
assault was intended on him. Riot was i'm
minent when the sheriff came over, but by
his loud cutlery the Messiah" hushed the
crowd and had the blacks completely under
control. He lectures in favor of gamblers
on coming elections, and is the talk of the
day, He is a man Of slender build dark,
swarthy features, curling, kinking hair of
raven blackness, piercing black eyes, and
dresses very particularly, fairly blazing
,tritb Il Ia, ,,fh
features and wild talk are partly response
bic for the belief among the colored people
that he is Messiah, ~ as well as his alleged
cure. In Key West excitement ran so high
that factions were formed and an attempt
to assassinate Kit was made, in which he
was severely injured In Tallahassee, Fla,
cambridge and Albany, Ga, and other sec
tions the same peculiar excitement existed
among the colored people all claiming that
he is the Messiah 1t is said that he car
red away S23. 600 from Key West
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22

A series of articles has appeared in the
Fortnightly Review on the present position
of European politics which are attracting
widespread attention on the other side of
the Atlantic. In the last of these the anony
nous writer, although not protesting to be
military man, maintains that Russia is
abundantly able to hold her own, both
against Germany and Austria; that suffi
cient consideration has not been given to
the magnitude of her resources, the num-
Der of her inhabitants, and the size of her
present and potential army. He says The
total force Of trained men which ought to
be easily and rapidly modified in Russia,
considering the figures of her contingents
and the character of her military system,
is about 1 900, 900, as against 1000 600 for
Germany, and $50, 600 for Austria More
slowly, if she has guns for them-and guns,
if not in stock, would probably be pretty
easily obtained-Russia could place 5000,
900 men in the field. The writer seems to
think that Russia is determined to have
Constantinople, and believes that it will be
but very short time before she possesses it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22
The Unhappy Gar.

Reports from st. Petersburg indicate that
there have been two or three more attempts
on the Cars life within the past few days
These attacks only make him the more bit
ter and arbitrary in the treatment of his
subjects. He has been terribly severe and
sweeping in his punishment of all who were
even remotely connected with the attempts
on his life last month. Besides those Sc
cretly executed in prison, whose number is
not exactly known, some 1872 officers of all
grades have been banished to Siberia. 9th
ers have been sent to the island of Saugha-
lien, where only the most dangerous male
factors are informed. Two or more high
military officers have committed suicide be
cause of suspicious unjustly cast upon them.
All of the Cars cabinet ministers are de
moralzed and are vying with each other in
originating repressive measures. The min
lister of finance has just devised regulations
which will require each Russian subject to
pay a large sum in gold monthly for per
mission to travel abroad. In fact, all the
harsh measures of Gar Nicholas are reviv-
ed with increased intensity.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22

Denman Thompson's company gave their
one hundredth consecutive performance of
" The Old Homestead at the Fourteenth
street theatre, in New York, the other
evening, and after the performance, in eel
ebration of the event, the company were
given surprise in the shape of regular
old-fashioned New England dinner. The
account of the merry occasion says
" There were baked pork and beans in huge
yellow stone pots, two roast turkeys, little
roast pigs, brown bread, heaping pans of
nut cakes, apple turnovers, and dough-
nuts, pumpkin pies in earthen platters, and
ld-fashioned country sandwiches with lots
of substance TO them. 1t was a veritable
slice right out of a Swanzey kitchen.
There was as much russet-brown cider as
the actors could drink, and Mrs. Samuel
Colville and Mrs. Rosenquest helped serve
it to them. The orchestra played during the
feast, and then while the fiddlers ate, the
actors sang and Den Thompson told New
Hampshire stories that were not chest
nuts and that sent tears of merriment
rolling down the cheeks of his listeners
and kept a chorus of merry laughter going
constantly
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22

The Planters Journal, of Birmingham,
Ala, has an excellent editorial upon The
Colored Peoples Worlds Fair, >" to be held
in that city in 1SsS 1t says:
1t will afford grand opportunity for
the colored people to show to the world
the wonderful progress they have made
and are making in the advancement in cit
izenship and the capacity to work out their
own destiny No race of people similarly
situated, have accomplished 50 much in so
short a time, considering all their difficult
surroundings The colored people of the
south have the thanks and gratitude of the
white race-their former owners, for their
noble behavior during the war. That great
civil contest soon drifted into struggle for
their freedom. They were fully appraised
of every phase the war assumed. They
heard of Lincoln's emancipation proclama-
ton before it was read by many of the peo-
pie of the north. With all of that, with
rare exceptions, they remained loyal to their
owners, protecting their families when the
husbands, brothers and sons We're in arms,
and cultivating the fields, producing the
supplies upon which our southern armies
were fed and enabled to continue in the
service. There was never a time, from
the battle of Bull Run to the surrender at
AppomattoX, when they could not have
put an end to the struggle in thirty days
by a general instruction and strike for
freedom. q All honor to the color
ed people for their noble conduct during
that great struggle, is the sentiment of ev-
cry true southern heart 1t will
result in incalculable benefits to the colored
race and have a salutary effect upon our
people, north and south. 1t will show the
H. IL. l.. / L
will open up to them the capabilities and
possibilities before Them and inspire them
with the purpose of making better citizens,
using industry and economy, and the i'm
portance of acquiring wealth and lettering
their condition i'm life
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22

John Thomas, a negro of Union City,
Tenn, was caught last week Wednesday
and tried for an assault upon l0-years-old
white girl Three justices of the peace pre-
sided and big crowd was ON hand when
the victim of the assault told her story and
identified Thomas as her assailant, When
the examination was concluded and before
the magistrates could render their decision,
cries OF Hang him. were heard in the
deisely crowded courtroom and a rush
was made for the defendant. Officers Brat
ton and Harrison were instantly overpow-
cred and IA rope was placed around the
neck of the doomed wretch. The other
end was thrown over beam in the court
room and fully 100 men lifted Thomas into
the air. He struggled desperately, but in a
few minutes life was extinct The des-
patch remarks that the affair was quietly
managed and there was little excitement.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22

A day or two after the papers were made
they were published in paper in Washing
ton The paper assumed they were made
by Mr. Stanton, and INDUCED in some full
some laudation Of their style and skill. \
day or two after met Mr. Stanton, aud ho
said the newspapers had been making him
steal my thunder, and he would have it
corrected | told him it was quite too triv-
ial a thing to need any explanation, and
not to trouble himself 10 do it,
A year or two ago | was introduced to
Mr.. Worthington in Washington, who was
then the United States attorney for the
District He told me that he was one of
the clerks in the war department, and one
of those present on the night in question,
and his memory of who were present, and
what was said and done, was far more spe-
ciic than mine. He told me also that the
complaint and warrant which / drew that
night and upon which Thomas was arrest
ed, were now in his possession and careful
ly preserved as mementos of a critical
period in public affairs Nearly all those
who participated in the events Of that day
have passed over. 1 have never seen, as
recollect, any attempt to give the events Of
that night in the war department If what
| remember will interest your readers you
are welcome 10 publish it.
LUKE p. POLAND.
II Jobusburv VI March OG 1877
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22

The WILLIAMS SYSTEM OF RAILROAD
CAR-HEATNG, which the Central Vermont
company has been testing, is very ingen-
ious, and is likely 10 be of practical benefit.
BY this system the exhaust steam is taken
up by means of a small air-pump which
creates a vacuum and draws the steam
through the entire train. The steam not
being under pressure no harm would result
should the pipes be broken, The process is
simple The vacuum pump is set to work
and the steam rushes to the reservoir an
der the tender, 1t is drawn through the
pipe, and in its progress the car is heated.
After having passed the full length of the
train and back, the steam is condensed in
the coil in the tender, and in process of CON
densation raises the temperature of the wa
ter in the tank, so that in this way there is
an economy in fuel The railroad commits
sioners who have tested the system are very
well satisfied with il.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22
A MugwumP Forecast.

Fortunately for the country, the Presi-
dent is very much stronger than his party,
and he personally commands a confidence
which his party does not. 1t will be COM
PEELED to renominate him, or 10 abandon the
hope of success Yet the hostility to him
in his own party in New York is such that
even were he renominated, his Democratic
opponents would see him defeated with the
same equanimity that the Blaine Republi-
cans witnessed the defeat of Davenport,
and, as in that case also, they would he
quite capable of making sure of it,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22
NO. is.

Of the Murphys ambushed Ridgely. who
however succeeded in killing both Of his
assaants. Finally on Friday, two surviv-
ing brothers Of the Murphys and compan-
ion made another assault on Rdgely, whom
they found upon his farm. The farmer was
wounded four times and probably fatally,
but he did not drop his gun until he had
killed his three enemies This makes a to
tai Of seven lives lost in an attempt to pun
ish the farmer for exposing the swindle on
the drummer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22
The WOman's Bank SwindIe Once


Mrs. Sarah f. Howe, whose name is so
familiar in connection with the notorious
''woman's bank swindle, absconded from
Boston last week with $50, 600 of deposit
ors' money. The history of her exploits
shows the amazing credulity of human ma
ture. 1t was in 1878 that she first estab-
lished her bank exclusively for ladies.
in Boston promising to pay per cent in
terest month. Deposits began to flow in.
Many poor women looked upon her as IA
benefactor, she was patronized, endorsed
and defended by ladies Of prominence, and
it came to be sort Of rage to put money
in Mrs Howe's bank" and draw the 90
per cent year interest, until the newspa-
pers took up the matter and exposed the
fraud 10y showing that the big inter
est was paid only by taking one victims
money to pay the next victims claim, and
that the mill could only he kept running
so long as the money came in freely The
newspaper talk finally caused run on the
hank, and the upshot of it all was that
it proved that Mrs. Howe had taken in all
some 5000, 600 of money, and she went to
the house of correction in 1880 for three
years, leaving $3.50, 400 due to $40 depos-
itors. When she came out of jail in 1884
she calmly set up her 'bank' again, issu-
ing cards promising : per cent interest a
month three months in advance-that is to
say, she would take $40 promising 500 at
the end of three months The incredible
part of it is that after the publicity which
had been given her operations she found
plenty of women ready TO patronize her
This time she kept up her operations until
she had pocketed $50, 600, when she quiet
ly left the city. The exposure came through
a Maine woman who had deposited her SO
three months before and came to get her
800. She was put off and told to come in
April, when she would be paid 500 and S21
more in interest When the victim came
the second time she was met at the door by
a man who told her that "Mrs Howe has
skipped and taken $50 600 with her" Mrs
Howe was born in Virginia in 1926. but
has spent most of her life in the north.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22
st. Johnsbury Vt, March PC, 1887.
The Central Vermont RniIrOnd mud the
New Interstate LAW.


Elk Gov. Smith president Of the Central
Vermont railroad company, is reported as
talking as follows about the Interstate com
merce law and the attitude Of his company
toward it;
"The officers and employees Of this com
pany were early instructed to conform in
every particular to the spirit as well as the
letter of the law All annual and trip
passes not held by railroad officers and en-
ployGs were cancelled April >, and our con
ductors were instructed to take up all such
passes presented on and after that date and
to collect fare. Most of the annual passes
for 1887 issued by the management have
been returned to headquarters by the per
sons who held them. but quite a number Of
ANNALS were collected on the trains Our
conductors report collecting fares from the
railroad commissioners, from directors of
roads in the Central Vermont system. and
from government and state officials and
newspaper men whose passes had expired
Our rule relating to passes is an ironclnd
one. The management, however, has re-
issued TO the railroad commissioners and
the various state officers annual passes with
these words stamped on the face This pass
is issued subsequent to April ,, 1887, and Is
subject to the limitations OF the inter state
law No passes Of any description viii be
issued to persons engaged in inter state
traffic We shall continue to sell mileage
tickets, 1000 miles for 500 and also return
tickets at reduced rates Local fares will
remain unchanged at the reduced rates
adopted by the company at the beginning
Of the present year. There will bc no
change in the excursion arrangements eX-
isting in past seasons and we propose to
carry out all contracts made for excursion
business the coming summer.
Concerning the through and local freight
rates under the new tariff Gov. Smith laid {:
The Central Vermont has adopted the
classification known as the official classified
ton, which has been adopted 10y all the
trunk lines, including the Grand Trunk
railway Of Canada which will apply to
through traffic and we have also adopted
what is known as the New England classii
cation, which is applicable to local traffic
The Grand Trunk railway management
proposes to fully conform to the interstate
law, and will work in harmony with the
Central Vermont"
Gov. Smith said that under the revised
classification freight rates would be de
creased in some directions and increased in
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22

FARMER WALTER RmGELY, who lies at
the point of death at TeXarkana, Ark, de
serves better reward for his courage than
an assassins bullet 1t seems that two fer
~ men named Murphy entered into plot
10 swindle a drummer, and Ridgely inter
fered in his behalf This precipitated a
fight in which the farmer killed both of the
ferrymen. Shortly afterWard two friends
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22
VOL. LIV.
Business CARDS.
l,mERNAN a JENNE,

GHERMAN n JENNIE,
general Insurance aud Real Estate Agents.
Representing Companies whose assets are over
$500 900, 900.
TENEMENTs TO LET.
Agents for BABcocR FIRE ExriNGulsHrRs
unicc in New Lark Block, cor. Main q Elliot sts
BRATTI EBORO. VI
NIvATFRMAN n MARTIN,
W ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Bank Block Brattlrboro VI
!. MILLER, VI. ID.
N. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Hooker llk. Bratto; till Gam; II to-, toopn.
NR. ALVIN KNAPP.
De y T. ISr.
Hooker Block, Buttlcboru, VI
LANES ". TYLER.
y ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Nillistun Block, Brattrhpru. VT
~ -. HOLTON, VI. H.,
IL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
nhi'r AMI residence cor. Main and Walnut SIS
NJ home from To = and tu O'Clock D. M.
Brattlrbpru, VI
Il. ALLEN a CO..
/. DEALERS IN LUMBER or ALL KINDS.
ti9 Flat street, Brutlrhuru, VI
JAMES CONLAND, VI. D.,
y PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
ulcr ~ Crosby Block, opposite Telephone EN.
Ohicr hours tu1 ~, to3PM
Residence 80 Main st. ........ . Bruttlrhuru. Vt
N =. WEBSTER. VI. ID.
- Office and residence, u Elliot st Brntt,.
bore, Vt Onicr hours before A. NJ to and
Gtofl- 2pM
IIENRH TUCKER, VI. ID.
III SURGEON AND HOMEPATHIST.
Office in Lrunards Block, Elliot Street Onic,
hours 1880 to 300 and 800 to 900 p ~ Special at
trutiuu given to chronic diseases
IIASKINS n STODDARD,
l ATTORNEYS q COUNSELLORS At LAW
and solicitors of Patents, Brattlphoru Vt
L. CARPENTER, Market Block. Elliot
II. ST. Dealer in Toys, Fancy Goods Books.
stationery, Newspapers, Magazines and prriodi-
Gals. Subscriptions received for the principal news
papers and magazines aud forwarded by mail or
otherwise.
4. BOLSTER,
-. FIRE INSURANCE AGENT
putBt.N. Vt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22

For Gentlemen Includes an that is neat and mob
10y. Fancy shirt, in Cheviots aud Garuirs Per.
Gales, warranted perfectly fast color. 'Prrriu's'
Imported Kid Gloves with silk embroidered backs,
all shades, ; - To s2.uO Silk and Satin Ties from
Do to SlD. Trunks and Bags, large variety,
aud in fact every thing embraced ia making up
a first class outfit for a Man, Boy or child.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22
CURE

Sick Headache and relieve all the trouble incident
to "A bilious state Of the system such as Dizziness
Nausea. Druwsiuess, Distress after eating Pain IN
the Side, &c While their most remarkable sue
cess has been shown In curing
The Press., 1887-09-01

sarily sought support and fortune else where. Few of them or their descendants are numbered in the district now, though perhaps more than half of the present in- habitants are connected with those fami. lies of the far past They were a strong and sturdy race, and not wanting in quail. ties needful to make men. We would gladly give further pictures of the long ago in these old homes, or follow the for tunes of the children in tho new, but our sketch is already long, and our imperfect knowledge would often require further in- vestigation. One brief example must an- swer here
 In the western part of Union, where, on the banks of Roaring Brook, David Mat thews now resides, not far from ninety years ago, a family lived by the name of Olney. There, in a house which is per haps Q part of the one now standing, boy was born and called Jesse His pa. rents were poor, and, while yet q child, he went to live with Amos Fuller, whom we have already mentioned. There he lived for some time, perhaps for several years, doing chores, and, probably, going to school One winter, when perhaps dog en years old, he lived at Nathan APard's There, the one that knew him best remem- bered him as a boy of remarkable faithfdl- ness in the work entrusted to him, and even then he showed his thirst for knowl- edge in his devotion to hIs book whenever his work was done Much of his early education was doubtless gained in the Hall district. He afterward became an edu- cated man, an author of school textbooks which were widely used, and his political influence was considerable. Once, when an elderly man, he visited the places of his childhood, where he had early strug- gled with poverty, and, perhaps, first cherished the ambition which grew into so large Q success. Most of the old land marks were gone, or, if not gone, how changed
 Let the city boast of superior advantages and refinement, if it will Unfailing n- tegrity, unfinching courage, a fixed pur- pose, and lofty ideal, even more than conventional refinement, make the man. For these qualities we shall not vainly search the annals of the woods and of tho | hills. LIMA.
 StafforlviIle, August 1Ss7
The Press., 1887-09-01
(Prepared for The Prcss.) THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

IF you want to beautrfy room, use it constantly, and the things that accumulate because they are wanted will give the room the character it needs, which will be the reflection of your own.
 AND his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread You Liko H, Act 3, Scene 4.
 VIRTUE not pedigree should characterize nobility. of EarI Groscnor. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.
 -COppcr, The Task. SoMz men treat the God of their fathers as they treat their fathers friend. They do not deny him by no means they only deny themselves to him, when he is good enough to call upon nthem.-farc, Guosscs dt Truth.
 SUPERsTITIoNs. Things which portend evil
 To cross knives accidentally at meals.
 To walk under ladder. As to cutting your nails on Sunday, tho following couplet is very expressive
 Better child was never born
 Than cut his hoofs of a Sunday.
 To leave teapot lid open ,undesignedly, IS an indication that stranger is coming and when cock crows in your doorway, or a bit of black stuff hangs on the bar of the grate, it is a sign of similar event.
 The horseshoe Is still seen over doors in many places, and fastened to bedsteads, to keep witches away.
 To present friend with knife is sup posed to have the effect of cutting off friendship.
 A bright speck in the candle is a sure indication that letter is coming to the in- dividual to whom it points. ... To cut your hair during the increase of the moon, is said to insure its favorable growth.
 Did space allow hundreds more could be added.
 Moisture is the greatest enemy of the piano, and 1t cannot be too carefully guard ed against. .s >. THE best way to hang up broom is to screw a large picture ring into the top of the handle. CARRoTs and turnips if placed in layers in box of sand will keep for many weeks. TIE government of the United States owns $75, 900, 900 wolfh of buildings, and has not cent of insurance on tho whole lot.
 ALFRED KRUPP (of Krupp gun fame) bequeathed $250, 900 for the benefit of his employees. His son Fredrick has added $l25, 900 to the amount for the people of Essen.